Progress on a daily basis

Every day since we returned home Toren shows continued improvement. It is quite amazing to watch the daily shifts. About a week ago we celebrated that he had enough strength in his hands to open the plastic bag inside the cereal box. This morning, after a couple of inches of snow he shoveled the pavement, carefully.
Toren has the best attitude one could hope for, he came with me to Shul for minyan today, and thoroughly enjoyed it. He was very touched to get the last Aliyah, and did a great job, even with the tremor in his voice he was clear and musical. He has decided to keep going to minyan with me. Everyone was thrilled to see him.
Toren is working diligently in all areas of his recovery. He has speech, ot and pt twice a week, and will be back at his cognitive rehab program 3 times per week after new years. He is learning to use a day timer religiously to help retrain his memory and allow him to be more independent. He reflects several times each day on his day, and he is appreciative of the process.
This weekend Helaini and I took 36 hours off for just girlie time and Toren spent the weekend with our dear friends Rabbis Linda and Jonathan and their kids. He had a great time, reading, playing games, watching a movie, going to services, and even managing to do hide work with Rabbi Linda on Sunday morning... he sanded two hides. Toren is getting stronger every day, every week. (Helaini and I had great fun, lots of yoga, great food, we even went to MASS MOCA - saw the Sol Lewitt exhibit - mind blowing).
Last week Toren started to use the treadmill again at PT and while he was exhausted from 10 minutes on the treadmill at a very slow walk (he napped for over 2 hours afterwards) however when I consider that he needed a walker the week previously, it is wonderful and truly miraculous. Toren has gone with Marvin several mornings to help take care of the horses, which he has thoroughly enjoyed.
While Toren still has work to do... life is returning to a more normal pace and healthy rhythms are becoming established. Or as Toren likes to say it is coming back to somewhat normal. We all remain touched by being held in the circles of prayer and concern by those who love us.